Is the reckoning right here?
“The Handmaid’s Tale” sixth and closing season is right here — and whereas followers anxiously wait to see how June Osborne’s story ends, one individual knew her and Gilead’s destiny almost a decade in the past.
The Submit spoke to the Hulu drama’s creator, Bruce Miller, on the season premiere in Hollywood, California, final week, and he mentioned that he pitched the ending years in the past, and it by no means modified.
Consistency appears to be key, particularly in the case of the finale.
Whereas “The Handmaid’s Tale” govt producer instructed The Submit that they had been nonetheless placing the ending touches on the final two episodes of the ultimate collection on premiere night time, Miller completely shared that he’s recognized how the present will finish since for the reason that starting.
“We always film different options for any scene, and also, in the episode [finale], there were a certain number of scenes we could have picked as the end,” he mentioned when requested if there have been any different endings that had been shot in the course of the manufacturing course of. “But no, not in any real way.”
“Honestly, the end of it is the same as I pitched to Lizzie [Elisabeth Moss] the first time I met her,” Miller completely instructed The Submit. “So, [the] first time we talked about the show.”
“The Handmaid’s Tale” has aired on Hulu since 2017 and incorporates a slew of huge names, together with Elisabeth Moss (June), Yvonne Strahovski (Serena), Bradley Whitford (Commander Joseph Lawrence), Samira Wiley (Moira), O-T Fagbenle (Luke), and extra.
On the subject of the collection finale, the creator shared that whereas some issues are “almost always” reduce for time, that wasn’t the case this time round.
“I can’t think of anything honestly that we cut this season,” he shared.
Miller elaborated, “The scenes I can remember that have kind of been from earlier seasons, but I don’t remember anything that we shot and didn’t use this year. This year has a lot of big spectacular things that were very hard to film, so I would remember if we dropped any of them when we didn’t.”
As for the finale, the present’s govt producer, Warren Littlefield, warned followers, “Bring your Kleenex,” including, “I think it’s really satisfying.”
Moss mentioned her first response to studying the ultimate scripts was “holy s–t.”
She additionally directed the final two episodes (Episodes 9 and 10), a becoming honor for the collection’ Emmy-winning lead actress.
Miller shared that having Moss within the director’s chair was “the most natural thing you could possibly imagine.”
“She’s a very professional woman. She’s very fun. She knows how to come to work every day. She is a great manager,” he gushed on the pink carpet. “She approaches her job as an actor. That’s how she approaches her job as a director.”
Miller continued, “She’s also incredibly intelligent and just an intuitive artist. It’s a pleasure to watch. It’s like watching someone pitch a no-hitter.”
Her co-stars echoed his sentiment.
Wiley — who performs June’s finest good friend, Moira — instructed The Submit she shares a “level of trust” with Moss from working so carefully along with her for all these years.
“It’s so many things at once being able to see my friend, who I’ve witnessed her growth and see her in that position of power,” she shared on Wednesday.
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The drama facilities round June in a dehumanizing and oppressed society known as Gilead, during which she and different girls are compelled to reside below a patriarchal dictatorship and their kids are ripped away from them.
Since its debut eight years in the past, “The Handmaid’s Tale” was nominated for a whopping 76 Academy Awards and walked away with 15 wins.
Whereas the beloved collection is wrapping up, Hulu introduced “The Testaments,” a derivative to the collection primarily based on writer Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel. Moss and Littlefield will govt produce it.
The sequel will concentrate on Ann Dowd’s character, Aunt Lydia, and June’s TV daughter, Jordana Blake’s Hannah.
“The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6 airs on Hulu on Tuesday, April 8, with a three-episode drop.
